U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) reintroduced the Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act, legislation to improve the way patients receive care for mental illness in emergency departments. The bipartisan bill would establish a ...
West Virginia University and Concord University will be receiving money from the U.S. Department of Education Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Program. The funding will support the training of school-based mental health service providers for employment in schools and local ...
Join On Eagles’ Wings Therapeutic Horsemanship this Saturday for a yard sale, with proceeds used to continue the mission of "changing lives, one hoofbeat at a time." On Eagles’ Wings is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing therapeutic activities to individuals of all ages ...
by Stephen J. Lyons EDITOR'S NOTE: If you or a loved one is experiencing mental health difficulties, help is available. Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Recently, my suicidal 15-year-old grandson ingested and smoked a cocktail of several drugs. His loving ...
Let’s create jobs cleaning up old mines A lot of work remains to be done to reclaim abandoned mine lands in West Virginia. Before passage of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, thousands of coal mines had already been abandoned across the country, leaving a legacy of ...
by Melinda Burrell Eight of us lounged around the table, candlelight flickering on crumpled napkins and cracker crumbs. It was the tail end of our yearly holiday party for our neighbors, and our guests — ranging from 30-somethings to 60-somethings — seemed reluctant to leave. Nor ...